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Sin

• ¶ 4Sin has power: it binds us and blocks our approach to God. A third way to understand sin is to see it as all-pervasive imperfection…
• ¶ 32As sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned. Romans 5…
• ¶ 1The biblical meaning of sin is to “miss the mark.” Thus, sin denotes how human beings deviate from the true standard of life. There are many…

Sin

• ¶ 1Sin is a violation of heavenly law which is committed when a person forms a common base with Satan, thus setting a condition for give-and…
• ¶ 2…sin originated with the spiritual and physical fall of our first human ancestors. It is ingrained in our lineage and is the root of all sins…
• ¶ 3The second is hereditary sin. This is sin which one inherits from one’s ancestors on account of their connection through lineage. It is written in…

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The Origin of Sin

• ¶ 3Sin is an act or state that separates a person from God. A sinner cannot perceive God's love clearly or respond to it fully. Deliverance…
• ¶ 5This sin has radically affected their descendants, generation after generation.
• ¶ 17The only sin that can affect one's descendants is sexual sin: that which is transmitted through sexual union. "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the…

The New Testament Teaching About Sin

• ¶ 7Sin, then, ordinarily refers to a power which thrusts man away from God into a state of total alienation. Jesus' messianic role is to take away…
• ¶ 25Sin, therefore, became the prince of this world. Man can only be liberated from Satan's tyranny through the gift of God's life-giving Spirit…
• ¶ 24The power of sin operates through man's flesh, arousing concupiscence and manifesting itself in numerous acts of lawlessness. Sin seduces man (Rom. 7:12), as…

Augustine On Original Sin

• ¶ 18As sinners, Adam and Eve gratified their wanton erotic impulses. God was not opposed to Adam and Eve's marriage. His words, “Be fruitful and multiply…
• ¶ 2912 On Original Sin, 37.
• ¶ 1St. Augustine took Paul's references to sin, developed and systematized them.

Sincerity and Love

• ¶ 130Since the declaration remains, if we think about our lives based on how to fill in the gap between that declaration and our life standard, there…
• ¶ 137Since we were connected to the heart that desires liberation, this is the principled way for a child to go and the stage wherein children can…
• ¶ 139Since human beings are spiritual beings, they can feel it. The person passing by may follow you, and with a glance, you feel something familiar about…

Since We Have Repented for Our Unworthiness, Please Assert Your Dominion Over Everything

• ¶ 1…the minds and bodies of humankind. And we know that through the sinful history of the unfaithfulness of the Jewish people, this enmity came to affect…

Since We Will Humbly Take on Everything, Please Go Ahead and Act

• ¶ 1…world has penetrated this land, and please allow us to understand that the shadow of sin has formed a relationship with the entire world. Beloved Father…

Sincerity and Authenticity

• ¶ 11Sincerity [Absolute Truth] is the Way of Heaven; the attainment of Sincerity is the Way of man. He who possesses Sincerity achieves what is right without…
• ¶ 23Sincerity is not something you can lend to someone and then take back. Therefore, if your initial sincerity is not matched by equal sincerity in the…
• ¶ 4This section treats sincerity as a virtue in daily life. Regarding sincerity in approaching God, see Chapter 16: Devotion and Purity of Intention.

Single Mindedness at the Risk of Your Life

• ¶ 12…are "single-mindedness" and "at the risk of one's life." What will happen to us if we march forward toward the goal with single-mindedness…
• ¶ 67Today is July 8, 1973. Since it is the day following the number seven, a complete number, it is the day of a new beginning or…
• ¶ 18…the pictures of our children as little as possible. I had to do my utmost to advance God's will with single-mindedness during this time.

Sincerity Overcomes

• ¶ 17Sincerity is the savior of tomorrow. Sincerity is also for the foundation and environment of goodness. Sincerity must be invited into ourselves now.
• ¶ 18Sincerity should be made where it is known to no one, and a man of true heart can say no insincere word. There is no restriction…
• ¶ 15No other thing than sincerity can do it. Any action without sincerity is liable to close with evil, and sincerity will be made by prayer, and…

Since We Have Come to Know Your Will, Please Let Us Act on It

• ¶ 1…it is with us as well.But since we have come to know the fact that the people who want to take responsibility for this grave…

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Inherited Sin and Karma

• ¶ 51Original sin, personal sin, collective sin, and hereditary sin inherited from our ancestral line—we should cleanse all sin before we pass on to the spirit…
• ¶ 53…are burdened with sins inherited from our ancestors, even though we did not commit them, and we are also responsible for collective sins that were committed…
• ¶ 58If they committed sins of lust and fornication, their descendants may suffer from genital diseases, or be unable to bear children, or have difficulty being faithful…

Original Sin

The Single Blessing

• ¶ 11The single Blessing is premised on the idea that the spouses will be reunited in the spirit world. You must realize that it is a great…
• ¶ 14Blessed members who predecease their spouses go to the spirit world as single persons. Nevertheless, in the case of childless couples, the surviving spouse has the…
• ¶ 15The time is coming when widows or widowers who have received the Single Blessing on earth can be blessed with their spouses in the spirit world…

Collective and Historical Sin

• ¶ 3Father Moon terms this collective sin. People are responsible to recognize collective sin and atone for it.
• ¶ 12Teachings of Sun Myung Moon Sin,—it is intertwined like a gigantic steel net, woven through this person and that person, this organization and that organization…
• ¶ 13What should America do to indemnify all its historical sins?

The Root of Sin

• ¶ 1We have learned from the above elucidation of the Bible that the root of sin was not that the first human ancestors ate a fruit, but…
• ¶ 3…helps us recognize that the root of human sin stems from sexual immorality. We know that the original sin has been perpetuated through lineal descent from…
• ¶ 4…chosen people by draining blood, because the root of sin lies in having taken in through an unchaste act the evil blood which permeates our being.

Diverse Interpretations Of Sin

• ¶ 6If sin refers to man's fallen nature, this is contrasted with man's original nature and his redeemed nature. Or if sin means infidelity, then…
• ¶ 32We sin because we are doomed to be free. Out of despair and defiance, we estrange ourselves from God and one another. Man is at war…
• ¶ 162) Traditional doctrines of sin conflict with man's innate sense of personal responsibility.